typo

noun

1. A typographical error.

   “Near-synonyms: misprint; slip of the pen, lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ”

   “Sorry, I meant to say “buy a SODA”—“sofa” was a typo.”

   “His 14 singles titles still look like a typo even for those like me who have watched him build that probably unbreakable record, red brick by red brick.”

2. (colloquial, countable, dated)A compositor; a typographer.

   “On the highest, rear seat was James Williams, of Cloverdale, Missouri, and his Bride. Capitalise it, friend typo—that last word—word of words in the epiphany of life and love.”

   ““Ever since I was twelve,” she said, “I have worked in a printing office where a celebrated London morning journal is put in type and goes to press. […] I am attached to a man in our office, to whom I shall be married some day. […] I am nineteen now, and have carried on with my ‘typo’ for nearly three years now.”

3. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of taipo.

verb

1. (transitive)To make a typographical error.

   “Tell your mother that that essay I wrote for THE WRITER, that mentions you, is now in print in the Aw-Ghost issue. But they typoed Elfquest, so now it reads Elquist. I see I had typoed it myself, leaving out the “f” but they worsened it.”